How to Remove or Uninstall Dropbox from macOS

If you want to delete Dropbox from your Mac, you may get the following error:“The item Dropbox can’t be moved to Trash because some of its plugins are in use.”

For many users, this message shows up even when they are following all instructions on the Dropbox website. It continuously pops up whenever they are trying to drag the application to the trash. This problem is not exclusive for some specific MacOS or OS X versions only. It can happen in any OS version and any Mac computer. Here you can find how to fix it.

Method #1

First, unlink your Mac from your Dropbox.

Click on the Dropbox icon located in your menu bar.

Go to Preferences > Account, and choose Unlink Dropbox.

Next, quit Dropbox

Click on the Dropbox icon located in your menu bar.

Click on the Gear icon from the Dropbox menu.

Select Quit Dropbox.

Go to Applications > Utilities > ActivityMonitor.

Now, quitanyDropboxprocess that is running.

Then moveittoTrash. (Drag-and-drop Dropbox into Trash from your Application folder.)

This will NOT delete your Dropbox folder and the content in it from your computer. If you want to delete the Dropbox folder, drag it to Trash as well.